Breast feeding is not only beneficial to baby's health, also protective to mother's heart. On April 21st, an American latest research demonstrated that breast feeding is able to reduce the risk to occur cardiovascular disease for female. Women who adopt breast feeding over 1 year, when 60 years old the rate to happen cardiovascular disease for them will be reduced 10%, also the rates to get hazard factors of cardiovascular disease, like hypertension, diabetes and the high cholesterol are relatively lower.

The research team from the Health Research center of the US Pittsburgh University brought 140,000 women into research that are in the period of menopause and their average age is 63 years old. This detailed study included record of their diet, breast feeding history, body weight index, medical history and so on.

The research discovered that comparing with the females who have not carried on breast feeding, the prevalence rate of hypertension with reduction of 12%, diabetes with drop 20%, and hyperglycemia with decline of 19%. Dr. Eleanor Schwartz took charge of this study. She mentioned, "6 months after pure breast feeding to the child, the feminine's risk to suffer from cardiovascular disease is reduced obviously. Moreover the longer time of breast feeding, the lower risk to have the above mentioned disease. "

Women who insist on breast feeding after childbirth may reduce the body weight; increase the sugar tolerance; promote cholesterol metabolism. In addition, Dr. Schwartz said, "Even if many years later, the breast feeding will also influence the feminine's health. The reason will possibly lie with the changes of hormone level and the physiological function during the nursing period. These changes are possible to be helpful to the health of the heart."

However, Dr. Nika Goldberge, who is in charge of woman heart health research project from the Rangorn medicine center of the US New York University, also reminds everybody, "The research only tells us one kind of possibility, but breast feeding and the cardiovascular disease risk reduction are not necessary causal relation. It may possibly because the woman self is relatively healthy who chooses breast feeding. The relation between them still needs the further research. "

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